Project & Tenders
France Launches Dunkerque Offshore Wind Tender
Following a delay of several months, France has launched a tender for the development and operation of a wind farm offshore Dunkerque.
Premier to start Tolmount platform construction in December
Premier Oil has informed that the platform construction for the Tolmount Main gas project will start in December.
Aibel Inks Gudrun Deal
Aibel has been awarded the FEED contract for Gudrun Phase 2 Water Injection. The contract with Equinor also includes an option for the actual implementation (EPCI). The FEED phase (front end engineering design) starts immediately at Aibel’s headquarters in Stavanger and in Haugesund. The project wil
Lukoil completes second production well on Yuri Korchagin field
Lukoil has completed the construction of the second production well from the wellhead platform at the Yury Korchagin field.
Boskalis Reaches First Milestone in Canada
Boskalis has reached an important milestone in Canada with the first volume of dredge material being disposed into the Rio Tinto Dredged Disposal Site (DDS). It was a multidisciplinary team effort that required local and international expertise, LNG Canada reported yesterday. According to LNG Canada
Aker BP gains consent to move Ivar Aasen control room onshore
Aker BP has received consent from the PSA to use an onshore control room for the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea.
SeaBird Takes Delivery of Eagle Explorer from CGG
SeaBird Exploration has taken delivery of the Geowave Voyager vessel from CGG and renamed it Eagle Explorer. SeaBird acquired Geowave Voyager and certain seismic equipment earlier this year for a cash consideration of USD 17 million and the NOK 120 million private placement to partly fund the acquis
Students Return to Clay’s Lake for Final Annual Visit
Students from the University of Brighton have paid a last visit to the Clay’s Lake Flood Alleviation Scheme in West Sussex, where works are almost complete. The flood storage reservoir works at Clay’s Lake are being carried out by Mackley working as part of Team Van Oord and on behalf of the Environ
Point Resources to sanction Balder X project in 2019
Point Resources expects to sanction its Balder X project located offshore Norway next year and deliver first production in 2021.
MAN Cryo to deliver LNG regas facility for Forchem in Finland
MAN Energy Solutions’ unit MAN Cryo has won the contract to design and deliver an LNG regasification terminal for the Forchem company in Rauma, Finland.
Veritas Viking Secures New Work
A company in the Eidesvik Offshore group has entered into an agreement with a CGG subsidiary for a new contract for the source vessel Veritas Viking. The contract is five months firm with further options and will start ultimo November 2018, Eidesvik informed. “Eidesvik has entered into a partnership
Corallian set to drill Wick well in December with Colter to follow
UK-based Corallian Energy has revealed its plans to drill the Wick prospect in December 2018 with the Colter well to follow.
IKM Subsea Scoops Up AKOFS ROV Contract
AKOFS Offshore has selected IKM Subsea to be their ROV partner for the contract signed with Equinor earlier this year. Equinor awarded AKOFS a five + three-year light well intervention (LWI) services contract on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). “We are pleased to award this important part of t
Northumberland Flood Scheme Complete
A major new £600,000 flood scheme which protects homes and businesses in a Northumberland town from tidal flooding is complete, reports the Environment Agency. The previous 180m flood wall in the Cowpen area of Blyth has been upgraded and extended to create a 380m wall to reduce the risk of flooding